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(Al Bello/Getty Images)</p></div> <p>ATLANTIC CITY — <em>Three thoughts from Lucas Matthysse’s knockout win over Lamont Peterson …</em></p> <p><strong>1. Matthysse is scary good. </strong>Yes, Matthysse has two losses on his résumé, narrow defeats to Devon Alexander and Zab Judah. Yes, they were his two biggest fights. But in blowing away Peterson on Saturday, Matthysse firmly established himself as the most dangerous fighter in the junior welterweight division. Because this was never close. Peterson was clearly wary of Matthysse’s power early, fighting backing up, trying to keep Matthysse at bay with his jab. But Matthysse is relentless. He stalked Peterson in the second round, dropping him with a crushing right hand. In the third, Matthysse dropped Peterson again. Referee Steve Smoger allowed a wobbly Peterson to continue — “He’s a champion,” Smoger told me afterwards. “I wanted to give him one more shot.” — but Matthysse stormed in to close the show, dropping Peterson again, forcing Smoger to wave it off. Make no mistake, Lamont Peterson is a very good fighter and a legitimate titleholder. But Matthysse simply destroyed him.</p> <p><strong>2. Can anyone stand up to that power? </strong>Watching Matthysse walk through Peterson made me wonder: How did Alexander and Judah stand up to <em>this</em>? After the fight, Bernard Hopkins walked over to press row and said that if he were fighting Matthysse, the crowd would be booing for the first six rounds. “Because I’d be running,” Hopkins said. “I’d be trying to tire him out.”</p> <p><span id="more-5164"></span></p> <p>And maybe that’s the only way to beat Matthysse. He can get a little wild — Matthysse actually went down after swinging and missing on a wild left hook — which could make him prone to fatigue in the later rounds. But nobody in this division can stand and trade with him. Nobody.</p> <p><strong>3. Bring on Danny Garcia.</strong> Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer made it clear before the fight: The winner gets a shot at WBC titleholder Danny Garcia. Matthysse has been chasing Garcia for more than a year and unless Al Haymon — the shadowy advisor who represents both Garcia and Matthysse — stands in the way of it, Golden Boy and Showtime will make it in the fall. Schaefer floated the possibility of a Garcia/Matthysse headlined card in Washington D.C., with Peterson, whose IBF junior welterweight title was not at stake against Matthysse because of a technicality, defending his belt on the undercard against Judah.</p> <p>Will Garcia fare any better? Garcia is coming off a win over Judah, who he outboxed in a decision last month. And he has more power than anyone Matthysse has fought before. But Hopkins said if it was up to him, he wouldn’t make the fight. He said that Garcia is “tailor made” for Matthysse, and if Garcia does want to stand toe-to-toe with Matthysse, he’s right.</p> <p style="text-align:right;"><strong><em>– Chris Mannix</em></strong></p> <div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a rel="nofollow" class="share-twitter sd-button share-icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073548/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/18/lucas-matthysse-lamont-peterson/?share=twitter" title="Click to share on Twitter" id="sharing-twitter-5164"><span>Twitter</span></a></li><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073548/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/18/lucas-matthysse-lamont-peterson/?share=facebook" 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Judah aren't even legitimate. They were close, competitive fights, but ones most people believe that Lucas clearly won.</p> <p> </p> <p>I think after he got the short end of the stick on those two decisions (both of which he was basically a newcomer to the big stage, he might have been wary of getting caught cold by a world-class fighter) whereas, in this second act, he's just decided to put more faith in his chin and "go for it" ... the results have clearly shown. </p> <p> </p> <p>When he sits down on his punches, I don't know if anybody can take them. The first one that knocked Peterson down didn't even land flush. And even though Peterson is known for sometimes taking an early knockdown, he always recovers from it. Matthysse was a different story though. No recovery happened because the dude is a monster.</p> <p> </p> <p>CAN'T WAIT FOR MATTHYSSE-GARCIA</p></p> </div> </section> <footer class="fyre-comment-footer"> </footer> </div> <div class="fyre-comment-divider"><div class="fyre-comment-divider"></div></div> <div class="fyre-comment-replies fyre-comment-container fyre-comment-replies-indent"> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="font-family: arial !important;" id="lf_pings"> <h3>Trackbacks</h3> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="pingback even thread-even depth-1 highlander-comment" id="comment-2622"> <div id="div-comment-2622" class="comment-body"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073548/http://fightersdirect.co.uk/blog/matthysse-showcases-power-in-ko-win-over-peterson/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Matthysse showcases power in KO win over Peterson | Fighters Direct</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073548/http://mma-boxing.si.com/2013/05/18/lucas-matthysse-lamont-peterson/#comment-2622"> May 19, 2013 at 4:58 am</a> </div> <div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_5040045_comm_2622"></div><p>[…] Talk about power. 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